All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions.

Quote by Reinhold Niebuhr

Topics: Intention Quotes

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime; therefore we must be...

Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime; therefore we must be...

Change is the essence of life.Be willing to surrender what you are for what you...

Change is the essence of life.Be willing to surrender what you are for what you...

The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men.

The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men.

Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed

Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed

If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.

If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.

Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get...

Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get...

Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context...

Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context...

If we can find God only as he is revealed in nature we have no...

If we can find God only as he is revealed in nature we have no...

There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however...

There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however...

Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can...

Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can...

There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion.

There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion.

If we can find God only as he is revealed in nature we have no...

If we can find God only as he is revealed in nature we have no...

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary

Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another.

Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another.

Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context...

Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context...

Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.

Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.

Beauty is merciless. You do not look at it, it looks at you and does...

Beauty is merciless. You do not look at it, it looks at you and does...

Beauty is composed of an eternal, invariable element whose quantity is extremely difficult to determine,...

Beauty is composed of an eternal, invariable element whose quantity is extremely difficult to determine,...

Don't worry. God is never blind to your tears, never deaf to your prayers and...

Don't worry. God is never blind to your tears, never deaf to your prayers and...

All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife....

All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife....

It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the...

It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the...